A Linn County Circuit Court jury acquitted Jonathan Michael Farris, of Sweet Home, of first-degree animal abuse charges on June 2.
Farris was arrested in August 2014 on those charges after he allegedly threw a dog to the ground with such force that it broke the animal’s leg, Sheriff Bruce Riley said. Willow, a 1½-year-old brindle-colored boxer, had to have her leg amputated.
At the time, Farris admitted to throwing Willow to the ground, which…